Because Scotland and Northern Ireland have have different laws to England and Wales and have their own regulators, PFRA decided to set up a dedicated Scottish and Northern Irish office in spring 2007. The Scotland and Northern Ireland Development Officer, based in Edinburgh, works in close co-operation with the PFRA’s charity members and professional fundraising organisations at managing face-to-face fundraising activities across the Scotland and Northern Ireland (although the post is currently vacant).
The Scotland and Northern Ireland Development Officer works closely on issues of public fundraising with Scottish local authorities as well as the Scottish Executive, the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities, the Institute of Fundraising (Scotland) and the Fundraising Standards Board (Scotland).
PFRA Scotland has also established working relations with trading standards officers, and with Scottish town/city centre managers through ATCM Scotland. The PFRA has a separate Scotland Committee (convened by Morag Fleming of Quarriers), which has a guaranteed seat on our main board.
At present, very little F2F activity takes place in Northern Ireland.